'''Lórinand''' was one of the many old names for the land usually called [[Lothlórien]]; its meaning is apparently '[[Valley of Gold]]'.

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'''Lórinand''' was one of the many old names for the land usually called [[Lothlórien]].

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==Etymology==

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In a manuscript composed by [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] sometime after ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', ''Lórinand'' is said to be a [[Nandorin]] name, meaning "valley of gold" (containing the "Elvish word meaning 'golden light'").<ref name=UTG>{{UT|Galadriel}}, note 5</ref>

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However, [[Christopher Tolkien]] notes that in a later manuscript the name ''Lórinand'' was reconceptualized as "a transformation, after the introduction of the [[Mallorn|mallorns]], of a yet older name ''[[Lothlórien#Names|Lindórinand]]''".<ref name=UTG/>